"noel.wade" wrote in message
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All -

Does anyone know of any good books or articles on the nuts-and-
bolts / common-strategies of how to fly the various competition task
types?

I'm still waiting on my copy of Winning II, but Reichmann and
Brigliadori don't really touch on these and the competition rules only
define what the tasks ARE, not how to approach flying them...

I haven't yet been able to find any good reading material (other than
the SRA 2005 Comp Guide) on how to approach the different task types -
anyone have any recommendations?

BTW, I've read some of the different rules documents, and it may be
that I don't fully understand the scoring system... the big question-
marks in my mind relate to speed points vs. distance points, and their
trade-offs. For example: when is it worthwhile to push for extra
distance, even if it might hurt the average speed you have going (so
far) during a task?

Thanks, take care,

--Noel


Actually, The Brigliadori's book has a whole section on AAT strategies and
tactics.

Speed always counts for more than distance, but you *must* finish the task.
Distance is a factor if you think you can't finish the task. A special case
is an AAT final glide with excess height--Very fast final from where you
are, or slower final by increasing distance? In either case your speed for
the segment will be faster than your overall average, so the longer segment
will increase your average more. Hurting your average for more distance
won't help.

Cheers and always happy flights.

Hartley Falbaum
USA "KF"